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Hitting my Hybrid

  • 29-09-2008 4:27pm
    #1
    Bromavinci
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32 ✭


    I got a new hybrid - King Cobra 3i 20 degree loft - cracking club but the first outing on the weekend was woeful - I mean I really could not hit the bloody thing...

    Pretty horrendous hook / pull most shots which is interesting b/c every other club I hit has a natural fade...

    Mate i was with said its probably got a anti fade design but I dont know...

    Any quick fixes??? Any ideas???

    Its a long shot but I will take any opinions...


Comments

  • #2
    Sandwich
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,253 ✭✭✭Sandwich


    Bromavinci wrote: »

    Shaft flex of your hybrid is lower than your other clubs and/or a closed draw biased head design. Most likely just the shaft flex.


  • #3
    Adiaga 2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,063 ✭✭✭Adiaga 2


    I would agree with Sandwich that it's more than likely the shaft. I bought a Cobra Baffler 18deg a couple of years ago and had the same problem - everything hooking severely. I persevered with it for a while and at the range, when I really slowed my swing down it was fine. It's such a pity because I loved the clubhead shape and feel at impact. There's a lot to be said for trying before you buy! I traded it in for a 19deg TM r7 Rescue with stock stiff shaft and set up neutral of course. Got on fine.


  • #4
    Bromavinci
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32 ✭Bromavinci


    Cheers...

    The shaft is stiff flex, same as my driver which i hit relatively straight with a slight fade (most of the time!!) although my irons are reg flex and they go relatively straight but do not generally have either a draw or a fade..i do slow down my swing for my irons.

    Dont think slowing the swing on the hybrid is the answer? I did try to open the face a little bit via my grip but that caused worse problems the other way..

    Just at a bit of a loss as to what to try. The club was a present so want to give it a chance before looking at trading.


  • #5
    Pen1987
    Closed Accounts Posts: 870 ✭✭✭Pen1987


    If you like the clubhead and feel off the clubface DONT trade it.

    Bring it to your local pro and ask him to change the shaft, check what shafts are in your irons and match your hybrid to that. If he tells you that you have to pay for a lesson before you change your shaft because he wants to match it to your swing just tell him you already know what shaft you want (the one in your irons).

    For the record most off-the-self irons will mainly have an (if memory serves me correctly) r7 steal shaft (could be wrong on the '7' though, ask google)... if you want you could just buy the shaft off a pro for around twenty quid and buy a grip aswell for about a tenner. Take a blow torch to the spot where the clubhead meets the clubshaft until the glue thats holding them together melts and you can pull the clubhead off the (unwanted shaft) then buy some hypoxy from the DIY and rub it around the last two inchs of the new shaft, slip the clubhead on the end and leave to dry for around 24 hours... cut the shaft to the same length as your three iron, the shorter the shaft the more accurately you'll hit it using a hack saw, wrap the top end in masking tape, then doublesided tape, then smear it with hypoxy glue and slip the grip dont while holding your thumb over the hole at the top of the grip (where you can keep your tee) to stop air escaping, when you have the grip the whole way down release your finger and twist the grip so all the groove in it align directly along the shaft, leave for 24 hours to dry.

    Reshafting a golf club is the easiest this in the world seriously - learn it the first week in the pro shop, I'm sure there a few places online that could explain it better than that and advise you on the best glue and tape to use.


  • #6
    neckedit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,492 ✭✭✭neckedit


    Pen1987 wrote: »
    If you like the clubhead and feel off the clubface DONT trade it.

    Bring it to your local pro and ask him to change the shaft, check what shafts are in your irons and match your hybrid to that. If he tells you that you have to pay for a lesson before you change your shaft because he wants to match it to your swing just tell him you already know what shaft you want (the one in your irons).

    For the record most off-the-self irons will mainly have an (if memory serves me correctly) r7 steal shaft (could be wrong on the '7' though, ask google)... if you want you could just buy the shaft off a pro for around twenty quid and buy a grip aswell for about a tenner. Take a blow torch to the spot where the clubhead meets the clubshaft until the glue thats holding them together melts and you can pull the clubhead off the (unwanted shaft) then buy some hypoxy from the DIY and rub it around the last two inchs of the new shaft, slip the clubhead on the end and leave to dry for around 24 hours... cut the shaft to the same length as your three iron, the shorter the shaft the more accurately you'll hit it using a hack saw, wrap the top end in masking tape, then doublesided tape, then smear it with hypoxy glue and slip the grip dont while holding your thumb over the hole at the top of the grip (where you can keep your tee) to stop air escaping, when you have the grip the whole way down release your finger and twist the grip so all the groove in it align directly along the shaft, leave for 24 hours to dry.

    Reshafting a golf club is the easiest this in the world seriously - learn it the first week in the pro shop, I'm sure there a few places online that could explain it better than that and advise you on the best glue and tape to use.

    Don't mean to cut across your Post man, but when reshafting a club you got to be very carefull., you got to trim the tip to get the flex matching the rest of the clubs, then you need to prepare the tip by roughing it up with some sand paper or a belt sander so the epoxy forms a solid and consistant bond. Using a little sand or shafting beads will help the shaft go in true and not slightly cocked to one side,the ferrrule also needs to be saved where possible cause its very hard to get one to match perfectly with out having to turn it down. The idea of using Epoxy to grip a club is a little off the mark, we use white spirit. This makes the double sided tape slippery and helps slide it on with little friction, the spirits evaporate after about 15-20 mins and the club is then playable. Don't mean to labour the point (bit late maybe) but keeping the little hole at the end of the grip open lets the air pressure escape while slidding the grip on, blocking it with a tee will create pressure that will make it very tough to install the grip. Final piece of advice while heating the hosel with the torch please wear goggles, when the old glues seal breaks there can be a small pop that can send little globs of hot glue and debris flying. Got a bit in the eye once! not pleasant. Its not rocket science, but its not totally easy either.


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